# Accident 20070710832519A: Cessna 310R, Sanford, FL, July 10, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 10, 2007, 08:35 local time
- Place: Sanford, FL
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.8097° N, 81.2928° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.8097&lon=-81.2928&mi=10
- Aircraft: N501N, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N501N-2009-04-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 310R (registry code 2074245, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310r) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310R
- Reported engine: CONT IO520*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 5
- Pilot flight hours: 276 total, 26 in this make and model, 11 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC07MA162](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC07MA162) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070710832519A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

PILOT REPORTED SMOKE IN THE COCKPIT AND DIVERTED TO SANFORD AIRPORT WHILE ENROUTE.  PILOT ADVISED THAT HE WAS SHUTTING OFF THE RADIOS.  THE PILOT WAS NOT HEARD FROM AGAIN.  THE PASSENGER ABOARD THE FLIGHT WAS ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, A 10580 HOUR ATP AND FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS AN EMPLOYEE OF NASCAR.  THE AIRCRAFT HAD A WRITE UP FROM THE PREVIOUS FLIGHT THAT THE WEATHER RADAR CIRCUIT BREAKER HAD BEEN PULLED DUE TO A BURNING SMELL.  NO MAINTENANCE WAS COMPLETED PRIOR TO THIS FLIGHT'S DEPATURE.  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS AWARE OF THE WRITE UP.  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ KNOWLEDGE OF THE WRITE UP IS UNKNOWN, BUT IT WAS RECORDED IN THE LOGBOOK.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB NYC07MA162](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC07MA162), Jul 10, 2007: Cessna 310R (N501N), Sanford, FL, destroyed, 5 fatal. Probable cause: Actions and decisions by National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing's corporate aviation division's management and maintenance personnel to allow the accident airplane to be released for flight…

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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